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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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